Where Are You? (Imaani song)

Background Described as a "dark, thumping house track," "Where Are You" was first entered in The Great British Song Contest selection process, where it was extremely popular. Results The song came in second place in the 1998 Eurovision contest, with 166 points. It marked the fifteenth time that the United Kingdom held second place in the contest. Historical context The UK's previous entry, Katrina & The Waves' "Love Shine a Light", had marked the last time that the United Kingdom won the contest. "Where Are You?" was the United Kingdom's last time in the top 2 in the Eurovision contest, and its thirteenth consecutive song to place in the contest's top 10. Chris West, in his book ''Eurovision: A History of Modern Europe through the World's Greatest Song Contest'', posited that the song marked the UK's last time in the top 2 due to a change in the contest's language rules, thus taking the lead away from English-speaking countries. ==Commercial performance==

After the song's release, it became a top 20 hit throughout Europe. Billboard predicted that the single would peak within the top 10 on the UK Singles chart. On the UK Singles Chart, the song debuted at number 96 on the singles chart dated 21 March 1998. It spent six weeks on the chart in its first run; on the chart dated 9 May, the single re-entered the chart at number 60, a new peak. It rose into the top 40 the following week, when it climbed 28 spots to reach number 32; the following week, on the chart dated 23 May 1998, the song reached its number 15 peak on the singles chart. It spent a total of 15 nonconsecutive weeks in the top 100, 4 of them in the top 40. It remains Imaani's sole solo chart entry in the United Kingdom, although she re-appeared on the Singles Chart in 2000, providing vocals on Tru Faith & Dub Conspiracy's cover of "Freak Like Me" (originally recorded by Adina Howard), which peaked at number 12. On the Dutch Single Top 100 chart, the song debuted at number 60 on the chart dated 23 May 1998; it achieved a peak of number 14, where it spent one week, and spent a total of 15 weeks in the top 100. it was the third of four UK Eurovision submissions to be chronicled by the compilation series. ==Legacy==

In 2014, Official Charts inducted the song into its "Pop Gem Hall of Fame," praising Imaani's "powerhouse vocals" and deeming the song the UK's best Eurovision entry in 16 years. The Telegraph placed the song at number 18 on their ranking of every UK Eurovision submission, praising Saleem's vocals as "soulful" and giving the song a "real emotional punch," but commenting that the song's backing track and drum machine make the song sound dated. ==Charts==

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